Chapter 136 Pineapple Fried Rice and Sea Salt Pineapple Beer
The store has plenty of rice, flour, fruit and beer, but in order to ensure the freshness of the food when it opens, the vegetables and meat will not be delivered until tomorrow morning. He was so busy that he only realized now that there is no dinner. There was a look of confusion in the eyes of the skeleton.
"Ahhh, it's okay, it's okay!" Aunt Wolf offered a helping hand at the right moment. "I knew Xiaoyou was busy and couldn't take care of these things! I've already bought the ingredients for dinner. Wait a minute, I'll get them!"
"Wow!" Jiang You was moved. "Auntie, you are so awesome! I'll treat you to a fruit beer!"
While waiting for Aunt Wolf to bring the ingredients, Jiangyou took out a pineapple - a midsummer night is perfect for a delicious pineapple fried rice!
Put the rice into the casserole, wash and soak it, and then put it on the stove to cook; cut the pineapple in half, dig out the flesh, and keep the intact skin as a container for rice; stuff firewood into the bread oven, light it, and heat the oven.
Remove the inner core and other inedible and unpalatable parts of the pineapple flesh, cut half into small triangular pieces, and cut the other half into larger slices. Soak them in salt water to remove the bromelain and calcium oxalate needles, and set aside.
At this time, Aunt Wolf had already brought the ingredients. Jiangyou picked them up and saw some good chicken legs, beef, eggs, carrots, onions and green peppers.
Although pineapple fried rice usually uses shrimp, ham, green beans, corn kernels and carrots, pineapple also goes very well with beef and green peppers. Since there are no shrimps in tonight's ingredients, there is no harm in changing the recipe.
When you are in a different world, you have to learn to adapt.
After washing the vegetables, Jiangyou cut the beef, carrots, onions and green peppers into small square pieces of similar size, beat the eggs into a golden liquid, and the basic ingredients were ready.
Put green onion, ginger and cold water in a small pot, pour in a little plum wine, put in chicken legs and cook.
Place a large iron pot on the stovetop, heat it up, and then add some cold oil to grease it. Add the egg mixture and stir-fry until the scrambled eggs are tender. Transfer to a plate. Add the diced beef to the pot again and fry until it becomes a beautiful Maillard color.
When the surface of the beef is browned to form a beautiful brown color, it not only brings a charming aroma, but also locks in the juice in the core, making the inside of the beef more chewy and juicy.
The beef does not need to be fried until fully cooked at this time. It can be served after the surface changes color.
Jiangyou poured in a little oil again, added onions and carrots in turn, stir-fried until they were soft and water released, then added green peppers and stir-fried.
The rice in the clay pot was already cooked. Takumi multitasked, scooping out the rice and spreading it on a plate. He then cast a small wind spell to dry out the excess moisture. Without leftover rice, he could only think of ways to reduce the moisture content of the rice and improve its taste.
The magic really worked, and the rice became cool and dry in a short while.
After Jiangyou poured the beef back into the pot and continued to stir-fry for a while, he poured the rice into the pot and used the back of a large iron spoon to press, spread and stir-fry evenly.
Once the aroma begins to waft, add the scrambled eggs, a little soy sauce, and an appropriate amount of salt, then stir-fry thoroughly. The key is to let every grain of rice dance with the egg, becoming infused with the aroma of salt and soy sauce, and further evaporating the moisture from the rice.
After two or three minutes, add the drained triangular pineapple chunks, stir-fry evenly, and stuff them into the pineapple peel.
The pineapple fried rice was already perfect, but Jiang You knew it could be even more delicious. She cleared the firewood from the bread oven and pushed the pineapple container into the oven. The temperature inside the oven would further roast the entire pineapple container and the rice inside, causing the moisture to evaporate further.
The protease in the pineapple will be completely inactivated, and the juice will be further concentrated under high-temperature baking, becoming sweeter. The juice will seep into the fried rice, perfectly blending the flavors of various ingredients together.
——Of course, the roasting time cannot be too long. Just a short while is enough to allow all the ingredients to sizzle and bubble, which is the most perfect state.
After the main course is cooked, all you need to do next is make a few quick stir-fried side dishes.
There were seven or eight chicken legs, already cooked, ready to be taken out and soaked in ice water. Jiang You returned the pot to the boil, adding onions and shallots to sauté until fragrant. He then took a seasoning bowl and added minced garlic, soy sauce, plum vinegar, sugar, and salt, and finally poured in the sautéed shallot oil.
The fragrance is everywhere.
Shred the chilled chicken thighs into thin strips, mix well with the sauce, and sprinkle with a handful of cooked sesame seeds and coriander. Perfect!
Drain the sliced pineapple, put it into a stone mortar and use a pestle to pound out the juice, sprinkle some sea salt and sugar on it, put it into an ice-cold glass, then pour in ice-cold beer, and finally insert a whole ring-shaped pineapple slice into the mouth of the glass - the sea salt pineapple beer is ready!
Wash the lettuce, sterilize it, and tear it into appropriate sizes. Mix it with the remaining raw onions, pour soy sauce and green plum vinegar on it, and you will have a refreshing vegetable salad.
A large portion of staple food with meat, vegetables and fruits, a meat dish, a vegetable dish and fruit beer for everyone. Jiangyou estimated that these were enough for three people plus herself, a lich who only cared about taste. So she simply cleaned up the kitchen, called Andre in, and brought the dishes to the table one by one.
They dined at a table for four in the front hall, which had already been cleaned and set by Jericho. The candles were already lit, their warm glow making the room feel especially cozy. The evening breeze rustled the flowers on the table, bringing a faint fragrance that vanished in the overbearing aroma of the food.
Andre helped Jiangyou serve the dishes, while Aunt Wolf and Jericho were responsible for serving the wine. The atmosphere was harmonious and they felt more like a family than a family.
The food was served, everyone sat down, and everyone raised their glasses together: "Cheers!"
"Let's celebrate the completion of your workshop renovation, Xiaoyou! I wish you success in opening your shop tomorrow!" Aunt Wolf spoke first, her face full of kindness. "This restaurant is so cozy!"
"Congratulations on your success in acquiring the incubator." Andrei said more practically, "I wish you a prosperous tomorrow!"
"Celebrating another delicious meal today!" Jericho couldn't take his eyes off the delicious dishes. He took a deep breath and said, "May we all enjoy such delicious food every day!"
This greedy remark made everyone laugh. The four wine glasses clinked together with a few clangs. Under the orange candlelight, the bubbles swayed and the wine seemed to be coated with a layer of gold.
Except for Jiang You who drew a soul fire from the wine glass, everyone drank the ice-cold beer in the glass in big gulps. The gurgling refreshing beer took away the summer fatigue and a bit of unbearable heat, while the sweet pineapple and the faint taste of sea salt in the beer brought a richer taste.
"Is this fruit beer? It's delicious!"
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